We interview the founders of the Calgary Mothers’ Milk Bank – Jannette Festival and Anne Marie O’Gorman. This community-based, not-for-profit organization provides screened and pasteurized donor human milk to babies who are sick or fragile when their mother’s own milk is not available. Original air date: May 7, 2012.
Podcast: Calgary Mothers’ Milk Bank

Jennie and Allison interview two “girl gamers” who became friends playing World of Warcraft. We discuss stereotypes about female gamers, advantages and disadvantages to being a female gamer, sexism in “nerd culture” and much more. Original air date: April 30, 2012.
Female gamers

Allison interviews Robin Sommerville about being a stay-at-home mom. They discuss Sommerville’s choice to stay at home to raise her daughter, as well as some of the stereotypes and criticisms that stay-at-home moms face. Original air date: March 19, 2012.

Stay at Home Moms

Over the last 40 years, women’s advancements in education and the workplace have been massive. Today there are more women earning university degrees than men, girls are doing better in school than boys, women find it easier to get work than men, and 30% of Canadian wives now out-earn their husbands. What effect is all this change having on men? Jennie and Allison chat with their guest, Paul Kennett, about the so-called Man Crisis. Original air date: March 26, 2012.
The Man Crisis

Jennie interviews two women working in the male-dominated comedy industry; Anne McMaster is an improv actor with the Improv Guild in Calgary, and Amanda Brooke Perrin is a stand up comedian from Calgary who is now working in Toronto. Topics of discussion include the claim that “women aren’t funny,” the success of the film Bridesmaids, the masculine nature of stand-up comedy, and much more. Original air date: March 12, 2012.
Women in Comedy – Improv and Stand-up